When flu season converges with COVID-19
As if the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t scary enough, the flu season is not far away. How severe will the flu season be as it converges...
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COVID-19 Test Results: Don't Discount Clinical Intuition
Accurate diagnosis of COVID-19 may require clinical intuition as COVID-19 tests prove less reliable than desired and SARS-CoV-2 turns out to be more wily than...
The Fellows Behind the COVID-19 Literature Updates
Two HIV research fellows are about to do their fifth biweekly deep-dive presentation on the COVID-19 literature. We asked them how they choose what to...
Seasonal influenza vaccine and Guillain-Barre syndrome: A self-controlled case series study
Objective To evaluate the risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) following seasonal influenza vaccination based on French nationwide data. Methods All cases of GBS occurring in...
COVID-19 Severity in Pregnancy Appears Lower Than H1N1
Single case reports describe harrowing births and outcomes for women with COVID-19, but preliminary data suggest that overall, pregnant women do as well as the...
COVID-19 Daily: High-Risk Specialties, Flu Comparisons
These are the coronavirus stories you need to know about today. Source link...
NLM Hosts Research Symposium: Reporting, Recording, and Remembering the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Join us to learn the research outcomes of Virginia Tech students studying the history of data in social context through individual and collaborative primary-source research...
Biden says OSHA isn’t doing enough to protect workers’ from COVID-19
During an April 15 virtual town hall meeting with front-line workers, former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democrats’ presumptive nominee for the White House, was...
Global Influenza Diagnostics Industry (2020 to 2025) – Advancements in Genomic and Proteomic Technologies Presents Opportunities – ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Influenza Diagnostics Market by Test type (Molecular (RT-PCR,LAMP, NASBA), Traditional (Viral Culture, Direct Fluorescent Antibody, Rapid Influenza Detection Tests, Serological Assays)), End user...
Machine Learning Methods for Predicting Human-Adaptive Influenza A Viruses Based on Viral Nucleotide Compositions
Abstract Each influenza pandemic was caused at least partly by avian- and/or swine-origin influenza A viruses (IAVs). The timing of and the potential IAVs involved...
How Hong Kong reduced COVID-19 transmission
Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, many countries across the globe have imposed lockdowns in an attempt to reduce the spread of the virus. Still,...
Does high COVID-19 viral load mean more risk of infection?
The risk of getting infected with COVID-19 disease is higher among healthcare workers who are in close contact with infected patients Source link...
How the Current Pandemic Might Save Lives in the Future
<![CDATA[]]>(MedPage Today) — Infectious diseases have been a scourge of mankind since time immemorial. I am a keen reader of history, and anyone who does...
In Detention or Borderland Tent Cities, COVID-19 Stalks Migrants
<![CDATA[]]>(MedPage Today) — This is the second story in a series by MedPage Today that examines the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations. The first...
Baloxavir treatment of ferrets infected with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus reduces onward transmission.
Related Articles Baloxavir treatment of ferrets infected with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 virus reduces onward transmission. PLoS Pathog. 2020 Apr;16(4):e1008395 Authors: Lee LYY, Zhou J, Frise R,...
COVID-19 Update: 'No Time to Back Off'; Life Goes On; Return to Frontlines
<![CDATA[]]>(MedPage Today) — Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Saying that the latest statistical evidence provides “favorable signs,” NIAID director Anthony Fauci,...
COMMENTARY: Heroes From a Distance, 'Lepers' Up Close?
We are the darlings of the news media, but that hasn’t necessarily extended to our ‘off-duty’ lives, says Dr Amy Faith Ho. Source link...
COVID-19 Registry Tracks Pregnant Women, Newborns
The Pregnancy Coronavirus Outcomes Registry (PRIORITY) is collecting information on COVID-19 symptoms, clinical course, pregnancy, and neonatal outcomes. Source link...
Weakness, Anemia, and Neutropenia in a 9-Year-Old Girl With Influenza
A previously healthy 9-year-old immigrant girl from Mexico was evaluated in the emergency department (ED) with one week of fatigue, fevers, rhinorrhea, and cough. She...
Common coronaviruses are sharply seasonal and appear to transmit like influenza
Of the seven coronaviruses known to infect people, four cause common respiratory infections that are sharply seasonal and appear to transmit similarly to influenza, according...